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Income Tax Department has section  AL from AY 2-16-17 called  Asset and Liability ,Schedule AL ,in ITRs which is applicable in cases where the total income exceeds Rs 50 lakhs. This article talks about Schedule AL or Asset and Liability In ITR.

Schedule AL, Asset and Liability Section in ITR

From AY 2016-17 or FY 2015-16, Any individual or Hindu undivided family (HUF) with total income of more than Rs.50 lakh in a year has to adhere to the new disclosure clause. The income tax department wants to keep a tab on the income and assets of those with income above 50 lakhs. It is to check whether the assets that the assessee owns are in line with the income of the assessee or are disproportionate to the income. So Schedule AL was introduced From AY 2016-17 or FY 2015-16. For an individual ,Schedule AL, is in the forms such as  ITR2 ,ITR3 and ITR4.

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Before AY 2016-17 Schedule AL was already in  ITR3 and ITR4, used for business income, so most of these assets, investments were shown as business assets or investments in Financial Statements of a taxpayer. But now, even the salaried person has to declare it if his total income exceeds Rs. 50 lakhs during financial year. 

What is Schedule AL, Asset and Liability in ITR?

According to the new norms, under Schedule AL, an assessee has to disclose the value of assets and liabilities that he owned as on 31 March 2019, while filing ITR for assessment year 2019-20. The information that needs to be disclosed is similar to what one had to disclose earlier while filing wealth tax returns.

Individuals and entities coming under this income bracket will also have to mention the total cost of such assets. So, while immovable assets like land and building have to be furnished under the new ITR regime, movable assets like cash in hand, jewellery, bullion, vehicles, yachts, boats and aircraft will also have to be disclosed .One also has to describe their “Liability in relation” to these high value items. The schedule AL, for ITR1, ITR2,ITR2A is shown in image below

Assets and Liabilities for ITR with income more than 50 lakhs

Assets and Liabilities for ITR2 with income more than 50 lakhs

Total income of 50 lakh is with or without deductions?

Income is not the Gross Total Income but income arrived by deducting the tax saving deductions. If total income of taxpayer coming exactly Rs. 50 lakhs, then Schedule AL is not applicable.
For example during F.Y. 2015-16, Gross Total Income of Mr. Sharma is Rs. 52 lakh. He has done tax saving under section 80C of 1.5 lakh(EPF,PPF, life insurance premium ) and contributed Rs. 50,000 to National Pension Scheme(NPS). then as Total income of Mr Sharma is 50 lakh(52-2), it does not exceed 50 lakh so Mr. Sharma does not have fill Schedule AL.

How many of income tax payers earn above 50 lakh?

According to the Income Tax Department, only 1.5 lakhs ultra-rich individuals whose total income would be above Rs. 50 lakhs are required to fill this schedule in ITR Form and hence 99.5% of taxpayers are not affected by this requirement.

What details are required to be disclosed in schedule AL?

Persons who are required to fill this schedule will have to report the following details. The assets does not include personal accessories i.e. wearing apparel, furniture held for personal use by the taxpayer or dependent any family member.

  1. Immovable Property- Cost of Land and Building owned.
  2. Movable Property- Cash in hand, cost of Jewellery, bullion, aircraft, vehicles, yachts, boats.
  3. Liability (loans) in relations to the above-mentioned assets, investments.

How to declare the Cost of various assets for Schedule AL or Asset and Liability in ITR?

You are required to fill the total amount of COST of the assets. But if such assets were acquired by way of gift, will or inheritance, then Cost will be the Cost incurred by previous owner and any improvement cost is any.

Note that you have to fill the total cost. For example if you own land, You have to fill in total cost of all the lands (in the form of plots, agricultural land etc.) owned by you. or fill in total amount of Fixed Deposits, Recurring Deposits and Saving/Current Account Balances with all Banks.

According to the disclosure rules one has to declare only the cost of the assets have to be disclosed and not the market value . This means that if you owned, say, a house on 31 March 2019, which you had bought in 2010 for Rs.50 lakh, then you need to write Rs.50 lakh under the immovable assets column, irrespective of what the market value of the house was as the last day of March 2019.

Cost of Property, Gold

However, in many cases,one may not know the cost of the asset, for example, an inherited ancestral property, or jewellery or gold received as gifts.

  • For an ancestral property bought before 2001, one can take the fair market value in 2001 as cost.
  • For a property bought after 2001, one has to know the cost paid by the previous owner to acquire it,
  • In some cases, if cost of purchase is not assessable, one can also put the current insured value as the cost
  • One option is to get the property/asset valued by a valuer. Though obtaining a valuation report would add to the annual compliance burden but you need it anyway when you sell the asset.

Cost of Mutual Funds in Schedule AL

You can either get the consolidated statement from R&T agents like CAMS, Karvy or NSDL CAS. Yes, it is painful but take it as the opportunity to see how your investments.are,  doing.

Cost of Shares in Schedule AL

For this, you have to get statement from the broker and get the COST of all the shares.

Cost in Banks in Schedule AL

Bank balance as on 31 Mar 2019 and all Fixed Deposits and Recurring Deposits.

Liability in Schedule AL, Asset and Liability in ITR

One also has to fill in the amount of loans/liabilities borrowed to purchase the Assets. Make a list of all your loans.

  • Car/Vehicle Loan
  • Personal Loan
  • Home loan
  • etc

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 Despite the problems expected, many believe the step is in line with the government’s objective to curb black money and tax evasion. Do you think so such declaration will help?

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